#3BC4C8#3BC4C8

#3BC4C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.114 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC4C8
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 200)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 2%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -34.24, -12.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 36.48, 200.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.1082 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.114 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9642, 44.5760, 61.5518)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC4C8 #C83F3B

analogous

#3BC885 #3BC4C8 #3B7DC8

triadic

#3BC4C8 #C83BC4 #C4C83B

tetradic

#3BC4C8 #853BC8 #C83F3B #7DC83B

square

#3BC4C8 #853BC8 #C83F3B #7DC83B

split-complementary

#3BC4C8 #C83B7D #C8853B

monochromatic

#1E686B #2B979A #3BC4C8 #6BD2D5 #9BE1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#3BC4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#3BC4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC4C8

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC4C8	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BBC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.114 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6d8',
    500: '#3bc4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc4c8;
$custom-light: #86d6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.702,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75098,
    "c": 0.11372,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC4C8

secondary

#CF9290

accent

#4D48DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC4C8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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